Sitta formosa Blyth, 1843
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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/BDJ.12.e133721 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/093A7953-4E71-5023-A837-D343249A9408 |
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Sitta formosa Blyth, 1843 |
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Sitta formosa Blyth, 1843 View in CoL
Materials
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: C822C806-BBA4-5A84-958B-F4BADA8FBCB8; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Aves; order: Passeriformes ; family: Sittidae ; genus: Sitta ; Location: country: Vietnam; stateProvince: Nghe An; locality: Ky Son ; verbatimElevation: 2,088 m; verbatimLatitude: 19 ° 13.167 ’ N; verbatimLongitude: 104 ° 06.158 ’ E GoogleMaps
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Distribution
Beautiful Nuthatch has been recorded as a scarce to uncommon resident in West Tonkin and East Tonkin ( Robson 2008, Craik and Minh 2018, Hung et al. 2021 b). This is the first confirmed record of the species for North Annam, Central Vietnam. Beautiful Nuthatch was recently listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List 2024. Elsewhere, this species has been recorded as a resident in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand ( IUCN 2024).
Diagnosis
Size: 16.5 cm. Adult: Large, upperparts black, streaked brilliant blue to white on crown, nape and mantle, broad blue band along scapulars to back and rump, black wings with two narrow white wing-bars, dull rufous-buff underparts with paler throat and head-sides (Fig. 17 View Figure 17 ). Juvenile: Very similar to adult, but white streaks on upperparts may be bluer, whiter and paler underparts, particularly on breast.
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